Still the lightest of the ultrawide zooms, though not lightweight in price. It boasts rugged construction, with sharpness, distortion and light falloff all above average, and a close-focusing distance of 9.4 inches. Tight!
An 11X superzoom with image stabilization and decent close-up ability, this is an all-around useful lens. Its metal lensmount and rugged build promise years of service.
It’s been around in various forms for more than 10 years. In a departure, we did our latest test as if on an APS-C camera, since it’s also sold in a kit with the Canon EOS 50D.